Window-curtain fitting



sept 4, ma 1,683,568

. v. H. MooDY ET AL WINDOW CURTAIN FITTING Filed Oct'. 13, 192'?manufacture.

i YPatented Septsl., 13.928. e l I n `uNlTlllfD STATESIArllaTol-*Floral` y vmern n. Moonv AND CURTIS W. KEMProN, orG'LoUisrE'R, omo.

WINDOW-CURTAIN FITTING.

' Application led October 13, 1927. Serial No. 225,937.

`This inventionrelates to Shade fixtures and more particularly to windowshade containers...` i

@Af primary object of the invention is to `provide a device of thischaracter to prevent dust settling and accumulating on shade Vrollersand to provide supporting means for retaining the shade roller andprotector in position so thateither one or both may be readily removedWhen desired without taking out any screws or nails. "Another object ofthe invention isto provide a supporting bracket for the roller forsupporting both the shade roller and. its Y container, and which issimple and cheap to In carryingout'these objects, the invention issusceptible lof4 a wide ran e of modification without departing from t1e spirit or sacrificing any oftheadvantages ofthe claimed invention ;Athere being yshownV in the drawf ings for illustratlve `purposes apreferredy and practical form, in which:

Figure 1 represents a front elevation of the upper portion of a windowwith lthis improved fixture shown applied;

Fig. 2 is a transverse vertical section taken on line 2-2 ofFig. 1;

Fig. 3 is a detail longitudinal section taken on line 3-3 ofFig.2;

Fig. 4 isa perspective group view of the end cap showing the partsseparated` and in juxtaposition ready forv assembly; and I Fig. 5 is adetailvtransverse section taken on line 5-5 of Fig. 1. Y i

In the embodiment` illustrated the shade roller container 1isconstructedof telescoping sections 2 and'3 which are U-shaped in crosssection and provided along their edges with reinforcing beads 4 those ofone section being designed to telescopewith those of the other.

The inner faces of these sections2 and 3 are provided at theouter endsthereof with nibs 5'which are designed to interlockingly engage withapertures 14 formed at spacedintervals inthe periphery of a portionV ofthe4 end cap as will be hereinafter fully described.

Two of these end caps 10-'areprovided,`

one for each end of the roller and which are,

Jof course, made rights `andileftsfor this purpose. e

`.Eaclfrof these vend caps comprises anattaching plate 11 here shownrectangular in form with a keyhole slot 12 formed centrally therein for4engagement with a headed. stud` This platef driven in the window frame.as is` shown for supporting drapery rods when such are f founddesirable. lower end intoa substantially cylindrical member lformedby anextension strip car This plate 11 merges at its Y ried by the` lower endofthe plate 4and which i extends downward for .a short line and is thencurved and turned inwardly, as is-shown clearly in Fig. 4.

A plate 16 is 'carried' by the edge ofthe straight portionof thestripland is bent at rightangles thereto forminga lclosure `for the member15.- `Thisplate l-.has an aperture 17 therein which is designed toreceive the pmtle `7 of the shade roller `6, it ofcourse of these intles7 at each end.` v i `being Vunderstoodthat this roller 6v has kone Thisp ate 11, strip 15 and Lend plate 16 are n struck out from a singlesheet metal blank and bent into the form shown. An endA closure for themember 15 is here'shown inthe form of a cap 20 shaped to conform to thisy member 15 and which has a transversely eX- tending slit 21designedwhen the parts are assembled, to receiveithereinthe edgeof thestraight portion of the Amember 15 at its junction with theV plate 11,as is shown clearly in' Fig. 3. f

`Inthe, assembling of the parts of this device, the cap 20is engaged`around the bendable strip forming the member 15r with the slit 21insa-id'cap straddling the extension strip 15a at its junction with thevplate 11, as is shown clearly inFig. 3. The member 15 is provided with aplurality ofapertures 14 designed `to receive teats or nibs 5 carried bythe outer ends of the container. sections 2 and 3 as is shown clearly inFig. 3. ',Theends of the container sections 2 and 3 are inserted betweenthe member 15 and the flanges ofthe cap 20 as is shown clearly in Figs.2 and 3.

`V-hen so inserted the nibs 5 enteringthe apertures y14 will securelyhold the rod container 1 engaged withV the members 10. The shade roller6 with the shade attached thereto is then inserted within the container1 with 'the frame F, near opposite corners thereof as .pintles 7 at theopposite ends ofthe roller i enteringthe apertures 17, as shown in Fig.3. In the use of this lixture screws orl other headedelements 25 areinserted in the window y110 y Y'.

shown clearly in Fig. 1, and the plates 1Q are engaged with-saidelements by passing the elements through the keyholeslot 12. It isunderstood that the curtain shade and .roller are first inserted inutheapertures 17 of the.r brackets inthe 'manner "above set forth and thebrackets then hung` over the elements as described. Vhile this is thepreferred way of mounting this lixture, obviously the bracke: ets may belirst hung and then the casings l inserted therein if preferred.

.Itwill thus be seen that when a curtain or shade ishung in this mannerthatthe shade on theroller will be-fully. protected against dust and thelike and that thecasings 1 may be` ornamented, ifv desired,vl to presentan vattraetiveiv appearance or more orless plain, at the willothenser.

i -Withoutfurther description it is thought kthat the features andadvantages of the in-V curved strip `with a removable cap encircling ncarried thereby,

and State of (')hio said strip and telescopically engaged therewith, anda shade protecting casing with its ends adapted to be received betweensaid y circular strip and .the cap. y

2. A bracketfor supporting a shade receiving tubular casing comprisingan attaching plate with a depending curved strip acap for encirclingsaid strip and having a slot extending transversely therethroughtoadapt'the cap to straddle the attaching plate, the cap and the Stripbeing adapted to receive between them one end ot the tubular` casing,and meunscarried by the brackets `to receivea pintle ofthe shaderoller.Y A z 3. A shade bracket comprisingr an attaching plate having a keyholeslot therein, a forwardly and upwardly curved' strip `depending from thelower edge of" said plate, a plate extended at right anglesgto the^attachlng plate and f orminga closure for one'end of the curved strip, acap adaptcd'to encircle Seid strip, the cap and strip formingfmeans toreeeive between them, the ond of a curtain Shade f enclosing casing. l

Signed at Gloustcr 1n the county of Athens this' 7th day` of October,

e VIRGIL H. MOODY.

lCURTIS Wu KEMP'roN.

